In the UK we have lost 97 per cent of our meadows since the Second World War, so planting garden meadows – a combination of wildflowers and wild grasses – can help to make up for these lost habitats and provide food and shelter for a huge range of species.
Adding native wildflowers into a small area of your garden will provide more food for pollinators like bees, hoverflies, moths and butterflies, as well as other insects. The more wildflowers you plant, the greater your impact will be on your local pollinators.
You can grow wildflowers in any space, from a window box or plant pot on a balcony to larger community green areas such as schools, playing fields, parks and verges.
Do you hate mowing your lawn? Consider replacing some or all of your regularly mown lawn with a mixed wildflower display, increasing biodiversity in the garden and reducing the need to mow regularly.
At home in the garden, wildflowers can be sown in place of a lawn, in an area set aside for wildflowers, raised beds, borders or pots. Try to ensure the flowers are sown in an open and sunny area and grown in unproductive, low nutrient soil to prevent the delicate wildflowers from being out-competed by more vigorous plants and grasses. If the only space available to grow your wildflowers is shaded then it is important to chose a wildflower mix especially formulated for shade or woodland areas to prevent disappointing results.
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